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GARDEN  OF  A PATIENT,  MISSION  HOSPITAL,  AMOY,  CHINA. 


iBuarli  of  3Farpigu  iHtaatona  of  tljp  iSrformpJj  (Elmrrlj  tit  Atttprtra, 
25  lEaat  22Ji  ^trrct,  Nrut  ^ork. 


MEDICAL  missionary’s  “ PARISH  ” IN  CHINA.  THE  DOCTOR  APPEARS  IN  SIGHT. 


iirlttral  iHtsBions  of  St^form^li  ([Il|urd)  tn  Antmra. 


AMOY,  CHINA. 

By  Dr.  J.  A.  Otte. 


NEERBOSCH  HOSPITAL,  SIO-KHE. 

While  China  has  during  the  centuries  of  its  civilization  discovered  the 
use  of  many  important  drugs,  yet  even  these  are  crude  in  form  and  uncertain 
in  their  application.  Added  to  a few  correct  therapeutic  principles  there  is 
a vast  amount  of  charlatanism,  ignorance  and  superstition.  Of  anatomy 
they  practically  know  nothing  useful,  of  surgery  even  less,  and  of  hygiene 
nothing  at  all.  Snake  skins,  deer  horns,  and  concoctions  of  many  abomina- 
tions are  still  medicines  of  great  repute.  Not  long  ago  a very  intelligent, 
wealthy  gentleman  asked  the  writer  whether  the  alcoholic  extract  of  a black 
cat  with  a white  nose,  minced — hair,  skin,  bones  and  all — would  not  be  a 
splendid  medicine  for  his  invalid  wife.  This  preparation  had  been  recom- 
mended to  him  by  one  of  the  foremost  native  physicians ! 

With  an  ignorance  of  medical  science  all  but  complete,  one  can  readily 
understand  that  even  from  the  very  beginning  of  modern  missions  the 
Church  looked  upon  modern  medicine  and  surgery  as  an  entering  wedge 
for  the  spread  of  the  Gospel  among  such  an  unspiritual,  suspicious  people  as 


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the  Chinese.  The  motto  of  medical  missions  has  always  been  “Through  the 
heart  to  the  soul.’’  Win  the  affection  of  the  people,  and  their  gratitude  and 
their  souls  can  be  touched. 

As  early  as  1842  Dr.  Cum- 
mings began  medical  work  in  the 
home  of  our  first  missionary,  Dr. 
Abeel.  He  was  connected  with 
the  A.  B.  C.  F.  i\I.,  as  our  own 
Board  was  at  that  time  but  a part 
of  this  organization.  In  1847 
health  forced  him  to  resign.  Dr. 
Hepburn,  since  so  distinguished  for 
his  knowledge  of  Japanese,  labored 
among  the  sick  of  Amoy  from  1843 
to  1845.  Iri  1850  Dr.  James 
Young,  of  the  English  Presbyte- 
rian Church,  took  up  the  work,  but 
in  1854  ill  health  forced  him  to 
give  it  up.  From  1862  to  1877  the 
three  IMissions  working  in  Amoy 
did  evangelistic  work  in  a hospital 
largely  supported  by  the  foreign  merchants  of  Amoy,  medical  and  surgical 
help  being  freely  given  by  foreign  doctors  not  connected  with  the  IMissions. 
But  religious  work  was  forbidden  in  this  hospital  in  1877.  Hence,  five  years 
later,  the  English  Presbyterians  once  more  took  up  this  work  under  the 
direction  of  Dr.  A.  L.  Macleish. 

In  1897  the  work  in  Amoy  itself  was  finally  taken  up  by  our  own  Board. 
In  the  early  eighties,  Amoy  City  being  supplied,  we  decided  to  begin  in 
some  other  portion  of  the  Amoy  district.  Dr.  J.  A.  Otte  was  appointed 
to  China  in  1886.  At  that  time  there  was  neither  money  to  send  him  to 
the  field,  nor  even  the  hope  of  collecting  a sufficient  amount  to  build  a 
hospital.  The  year  of  waiting  was  God’s  time  for  enlarging  his  experience, 
and  for  providing  him  with  friends,  who  for  many  years  to  come  would 
supplement  the  Board’s  efforts  to  maintain  Medical  Missions  in  China. 
During  that  year,  while  studying  in  The  Netherlands,  he  one  day  addressed 
a congregation  composed  of  orphans  in  a little  village  called  Neerbosch, 
situated  in  the  eastern  part  of  The  Netherlands.  As  the  little  ones  were 


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Dr.  Otte  finally  reached  Amoy  in  January,  1888.  The  Mission  decided 
that  the  hospital  shonld  be  built  in  Sio-ke,  a small  town  sixty  miles  in  the 
interior  from  Amoy,  lint  this  decision  did  not  make  it  ])Ossible  to  begin 


originally  waifs  who  had  no  one  to  take  care  of  them,  he  naturally  did  not 
look  for  any  contributions  for  bis  work.  Yet  at  the  close  of  the  meeting  a 
little  Dutch  girl  came  to  him,  and,  with  a winsome  smile,  handed  him  five 
Dutch  pennies,  saying;  “Doctor,  this  is  for  the  sick  children  in  China.”  It 
was  all  the  dear  little  thing  had — all  of  her  earthly  possessions,  given  to  her 
the  day  before  as  a birthday  gift  by  her  uncle.  This  story,  told  over  and 
over  again,  was  the  stimulus  which  led  many  others  in  The  Netherlands, 
and  a few  in  America,  to  contribute  enough  for  the  first  simple  medical 
missionary  hospital  of  *our  Church  in  China.  It  was  called  Neerbosch 
Hospital,  after  the  name  of  the  orphanage  where  the  first  money  was 
received. 


UNBINDING  A BOUND  FOOT,  HOPE  HOSPITAL,  CHINA. 


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the  work  at  once.  While  the  officials  gladly  welcomed  the  coming  of  the 
foreign  physician,  the  vast  majority  of  the  people  were  determined  that  the 
"foreign  devil,”  with  his  “debasing  anti-civilizing”  methods,  should  never 
enter  the  place.  But,  in  spite  of  this,  through  the  efforts  of  that  man  of 
God,  Pastor  lap,  a good  piece  of  land  was  finally  purchased.  The  founda- 
tions were  begun,  when  the  people,  armed  with  guns  and  other  weapons, 

drove  the  workmen  away.  For  the  sake  of  peace 
the  land  already  purchased  was  given  up  and  an- 
other site  secured.  But  once  more,  no  sooner  were 
operations  begun  than  they  were  suspended 
through  the  forcible  intervention  of  an  armed  mob. 
A third  site  was  secured.  This  was  supposed  to  be 
haunted.  It  was  thought  that  if  the  “foreign 
devils”  once  settled  there  the  evil  spirits  inhabiting 
the  place  would  soon  change  them  into  shades. 
But  as  the  building  went  on  in  spite  of  evil  spirits, 
the  opposition  once  more  began  to  manifest  itself. 
For  several  days  the  work  stopped.  But  God 
heard  the  prayers  of  His  people,  and  in  due  time 
the  Hospital  was  finished. 

On  the  29th  of  March,  1889,  the  buildings 
were  finally  completed  and  medical  work  begun. 
There  will  always  remain  the  memory  of  loving 
help  from  America,  Holland,  and  China.  Hun- 
dreds of  Native  Christians,  unable  to  contribute 
money,  had  given  of  their  time  and  strength. 
Those  were  happy,  if  often  anxious  days. 

During  the  first  months  the  patients  flocked  to  the  Hospital  in  hundreds. 
Rich  and  poor  came.  Even  the  beggars  were  not  wanting.  Many  came 
simply  from  curiosity,  but  others  for  the  cure  of  real  diseases.  One  young 
man  came  with  a cancer  of  the  upper  jaw,  necessitating  the  removal  of  half 
of  that  bone.  There  were  no  experienced  assistants  to  assist  during  those 
early  days — only  a few  young  boys  who  had  had  a lesson  or  two  from  the 
doctor.  There  was  the  fear,  too.  that  if  death  resulted  the  Hospital  might 
be  destroyed  by  an  infuriated  mob.  But  God  gives  strength  where  needed, 
and  in  this  way  the  boy’s  life  was  saved.  One  man  came  from  his  distant 


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village,  crawling  over  the  rough  mountain  paths  on  hands  and  knees.  One 
leg  had  literally  almost  rotted  of¥,  only  a small  piece  of  skin  and  muscle 
still  uniting  it  to  the  upper  part  of  the  limb.  Neglect  and  filth  were  the 
cause  of  the  trouble.  An  amputation  saved  his  life.  .'\n  old  grandmother 
was  carried  to  the  Hospital  in  a long  basket  such  as  the  Chinese  use  to  carry 
their  pigs  to  market  in.  She  was  given  relief. 


ONE  OF  THE  VILLAGES  FROM  WHICH  THE  PATIENTS  CAME. 

It  was  months  before  any  of  the  native  women  dared  to  become 
in-patients.  Stories  of  all  sorts  were  rife.  Nothing  was  too  vile  to  accuse 
the  doctor  of.  So  when,  at  last,  a young  woman  at  the  point  of  death 
became  an  in-patient  a new  anxiety  was  added  to  the  many  that  were  already 
present.  For  days  her  life  hung  in  the  balance.  Had  she  died  the  conse- 


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quences  might  have  been  disastrous.  But  the  Native  Christians  united  with 
the  missionaries  in  prayer  on  her  behalf.  Her  life  was  finally  saved. 

Those  first  months  were  very  busy  ones.  But  during  the  New  Year 
season  there  came  a little  relief,  for  then  the  Chinese  do  not  come  to  the 
Hospital.  They  must  all  be  at  home  to  worship  the  spirits  and  to  enjoy  the 
festivities  of  the  season.  Then  the  Doctor  in  charge  would  go  out  with 
Dr.  Kip  to  visit  the  villages  farther  inland,  from  which  his  patients  came. 
Many  were  the  kind  welcomes  he  received  from  those  he  had  helped.  Thus, 
too,  the  Gospel  was  brought  into  distant  homes,  and  the  love  of  Christ 
proclaimed  hy  word  and  deed.  These  trips  were  happy  ones — restful  to  the 
body,  cheering  to  the  heart,  and  inspiring  to  the  soul.  The  beauty  of  nature, 
together  with  the  gratitude  of  those  relieved,  gave  new  vigor  and  a stimulus 
to  further  effort. 

After  six  years  of  hospital  work  the  time  had  come  for  Dr.  Otte  to  take 


DR.  STUMPF  TRAVELING  TO  VISIT  PATIENTS. 


a furlough.  During  these  years  over  sixty  thousand  new  and  old  patients 
had  been  treated  at  the  dispensary  and  in  their  homes.  During  this  time 
some  two  thousand  operations  of  all  kinds  had  been  performed.  By  that  time 
all  opposition  to  the  Hospital  had  ceased.  Instead  of  being  driven  away  in 
anger,  as  at  the  beginning,  the  foreigners  were  accompanied  on  their  way 
down  the  river  by  two  bands  of  Chinese  musicians,  who,  with  their  dis- 
cordant airs,  tried  to  make  their  friends  forget  the  pain  of  parting. 

From  this  time  on  the  work  in  Sio-khe  was  greatly  interrupted.  At  first 
Dr.  Dodd  took  it  up.  Then  Dr.  Fest  came.  But  failure  of  health  compelled 
both  to  withdraw  in  a short  time.  Dr.  Stumpf  followed.  After  a few  years 
of  medical  work  both  in  Sio-ke  and  in  Amoy  he  also  was  forced  to  go  home 
on  account  of  the  ill  health  of  a member  of  his  family.  At  present  Dr.  Snoke 
is  preparing  to  take  up  the  work. 

After  medical  work  in  Amoy  itself  was  given  up  by  the  English  Presby- 
terians, in  1894.  our  own  Board  decided  to  take  it  up.  In  1897  the  first 


HOPE  AND  WILHELMINA  HOSPITALS. 


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steps  were  taken.  Money  for  a hospital  for  men  was  raised  in  America,  and 
for  a hospital  for  women  in  The  Netherlands.  The  former  was  called  Hope 
Hospital,  and  the  latter  at  first  Netherlands  Women’s  Hospital,  but  subse- 
• quently  Wilhelmina  Hospital,  after  the  Queen,  whose  mother  is  now  its 
official  “Protectress." 

As  in  Sio-khe,  so  again  in  Amoy,  there  was  opposition  to  the  building  of 
a hospital.  This  time  it  came,  not  from  the  Chinese,  but  from  the  unfriendly 
foreign  merchants  residing  in  Amoy.  Petitions  were  circulated  against  the 

work.  The  Government  in  Pekin  was 
appealed  to.  The  workmen  were  ar- 
rested by  the  Commissioner  of  Cus- 
toms. But  through  it  all  that  splen- 
did specimen  of  American  Christian 
manhood,  our  Consul,  Gen.  Del.  Kem- 
per, stood  firm,  securing  eventually 
the  erection  of  the  Hospital. 

In  April,  1898,  the  hospitals  were 
so  far  completed  that  medical  work 
could  be  begun.  At  the  opening  all 
of  the  native  officials  atten4ed  in  their 
full  regalia.  Old  Pastor  Ti,  of  the 
Second  Reformed  Church  in  Amoy, 
conducted  the  dedicatory  service. 
Many  of  the  influential  Chinese 
showed  their  good  will  by  attending. 
The  foreign  community,  too,  includ- 
ing even  some  of  the  opposers  of  the 

ONE  OF  THE  WEALTHY  PATIENTS.  , . 

work  and  ttieir  ladies,  were  invited  to 
inspect  the  buildings.  That  turned  the  tide.  Enmity  was  changed  into  sym- 
pathy. This  has  lasted  until  the  present.  When  at  the  beginning  of  this 
year  the  income  of  the  Hospital  threatened  to  be  insufficient  a short  letter 
asking  for  help  was  sent  to  these  very  business  men,  and  they  responded 
very  generously. 

For  eleven  years  work  in  Hope  and  Wilhelmina  Hospitals  has  continued 
uninterruptedly,  with  the  exception  of  two  periods  of  three  months  each. 
The  doctors  who  have  been  in  charge  are  Dr.  Angie  M.  Myers,  Dr.  C.  O. 


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OPERATING  ROOM,  WILIIELMINA  HOSPITAL. 


Stumpf,  Dr.  Elizabeth  Blauvelt,  and  Dr.  J.  A.  Otte.  During  the  last  four 
years  Miss  Kranenberg  has  been  associated  with  the  doctors  as  a nurse. 

Since  the  beginning  of  the  work  in  Hope  and  Wilhelmina  Hospitals 
16,000  in-patients  and  125,000  out-patients  have  been  treated.  Over  7,000 
operations  of  all  kinds  have  been  performed. 

The  work  is  divided  into  four  parts.  First,  there  is  the  Dispensary. 
Five  days  are  given  to  this  a week.  To  these  clinics  patients  are  admitted 
free  of  charge,  except  that  they  must  pay  three  cents  for  the  card  giving 
their  number.  This  is  paid  but  once,  unless  they  lose  their  card,  when  a 
fine  of  three  cents  is  imposed.  Medicines  and  dressings  are  free.  Only  the 
bottles  have  to  be  paid  for. 

All  classes  of  cases  come  to  the  Dispensary.  A few  years  ago  a kind 


BRINGING  A BABY  TO  Ti!E  DISPENSARY. 

little  woman  led  into  the  office  a tall,  well-built  man,  whose  eyes  had  been 
gouged  out  by  his  fellow  villagers  to  keep  him  from  continuing  his  coarse 
bullying  and  immorality.  If  any  one  ever  deserved  such  treatment  that 
inhuman  creature  did.  And  yet  to  see  the  agony  on  the  face  of  that  little 
woman  when  his  case  was  decided  to  be  hopeless  was  enough  to  sadden 
even  the  stoutest  heart. 

At  another  time  a father  brought  his  beautiful  little  daughter.  She  was 
dressed  in  her  best,  and  was  really  a very  attractive  little  child.  When  she 
raised  the  sleeve  of  her  dress,  showing  a great  dark  patch  of  raised,  dis- 
colored skin,  saying,  “I  am  a leper;  can  you  cure  me?"  it  took  an  excep- 
tional amount  of  courage  to  tell  the  truth  about  the  case. 

Some  years  ago  an  earnest  young  man,  a student  in  the  Theological 
School,  was  sent  to  the  Dispensary  for  consultation,  as  he  thought  he  had 
committed  the  unpardonable  sin.  Hypnotic  suggestion  was  used  in  this 


WARD  IN  HOPE  HOSPITAL. 


case,  and  effectively.  jNIany,  very  many,  come  to  these  out-clinics  with  dis- 
eases so  far  advanced  that  they  cannot  be  cured ; but  as  many  are  helped  and 
finally  restored  to  health. 

The  second  part  of  the  work  is  connected  with  the  In-patients.  To  these 
everything  is  furnished  free  except  food,  for  which  a nominal  fee  of  ten 
Chinese  cents  (five  American)  a day  is  charged.  They  use  a bed  made  of 
boards  with  a mat  on  it.  For  covering  they  have  blankets  enclosed  in  covers, 
and  for  head  rest  they  have  a wooden  or  bamboo  pillow.  The  majority  of 
cases  are  chronic.  The  ailments  vary  from  tumors  weighing'  more  than  the 
patients  from  whom  they  are  removed,  to  those  who  think  they  are  possessed 
of  demons.  Many  blind  apply  for  help,  often  too  late. 


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A large  majority  of  the  patients  come  from  the  rural  districts  sur- 
rounding Amoy.  Many  have  come  from  cities  many  days’  journey  away. 
.\  few  have  come  from  Manila,  and  Rangoon.  Occasionally  a stray  case 
comes,  by  accident,  from  one  of  the  distant  provinces.  All  classes  appear. 
Many  a beggar  has  come  with  all  his  filth  and  deep  degradation.  The  rich 
have  rented  rooms  in  the  Hospital,  and  some  have  gladly  given  donations 
when  cured. 


The  happiness  of  some  of 
the  blind  when  their  vision  is  re- 
stored is  enough  to  touch  even  a 
heart  of  stone.  One  little  blind 
orphan,  who,  because  of  his  in- 
ability to  earn  a living,  was 
turned  out  of  doors  by  his  uncle, 
heard  of  the  Hospital  while  beg- 
ging by  the  wayside.  He  was 
fourteen  miles  away,  but  neither 
the  distance  nor  the  fact  that  on 
his  way  to  the  Hospital  he  had 
to  cross  the  bridgeless  river  four 
times  deterred  him  from  going. 
Carefully  he  felt  his  way  along 
the  narrow,  rough  road.  When 
he  came  to  the  river  he  would  set 
up  the  cry : “I  am  going  to  the 
Hospital ; help  me  across.”  Then 
some  one  would  carry  him  across 
on  his  back,  or  pay  his  way  on  the 
ferry.  I'inally  he  reached  the  Hospital.  Unceremoniously  he  entered  the 
office,  and,  turning  his  sightles  eyes  toward  the  doctor,  he  said : “Doctor, 
I am  blind ; can  you  restore  my  sight  ?”  A happy  lad  soon  went  home 
seeing. 

There  is  one  glad  note  that  drowns  the  cries  of  misery  which  often  fill 
our  heart  with  woe.  It  is  the  fact  that  to  all  these  suflferers  the  Gospel  is 
preached.  This  is  the  third  division  of  the  work  of  the  Hospital.  This 
evangelistc  work  is  done  by  the  ladies  of  the  English  Presbyterian  and  our 


JUST  VACCINATED. 


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own  Mission,  by  the  medical  students,  by  the  physician  and  nurse  in  charge, 
and  by  the  blind  evangelist. 

There  never  was 
a more  faithful  work- 
er than  this  blind 
preacher,  Poe  - hia. 

Originally  he  came 
as  a patient  for  the 
cure  of  blindness.  An 
operation  gave  partial 
vision,  but  disease 
soon  destroyed  even 
this  little.  But  by  this 
time  he  had  received 
spiritual  vision.  Then 
he  quietly  began  to 
tell  the  other  patients 
of  the  love  of  the  Sav- 
iour for  men.  Later  he 
learned  to  read  with 
his  fingers.  He  even 
printed  a large  por- 
tion of  the  Bible  and 
all  the  hymns  for  him- 
self. For  about  a year 
he  attended  the  Theo- 
logical School ; and 
now  for  several  years 
he  has  been  an  unre- 

iTiittin^,  tireless  \vorl<~  poe-hia,  the  blind  evangelist,  china. 

er  for  Christ.  No  more  touching  sight  can  be  seen  than  when  on  Sunday  a 
row  of  blind  men,  some  seven  or  eight  in  number,  is  seen  being  guided  by 
this  same  Poe-hia  toward  the  Hospital  Chapel  for  the  morning  service. 

Another  phase  of  the  work,  the  fourth,  is  that  of  Teaching.  To  this 
nine  hours  is  given  a week.  The  course  extends  over  five  years,  when  a 
certificate,  stating  the  amount  of  work  done,  is  given  to  those  who  pass  the 
examinations.  After  this  the  students  go  out  among  their  people  to  do 


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SCHOOLROOM,  HOPE  HOSPITAL. 

what  tliey  can  to  relieve  tlie  suffering.  The  work  of  teaching  has,  in  many 
ways,  been  the  most  pleasant  and  profitable  part  of  our  work.  No  graduate 
has  ever  left  the  Hospital  without  being  a church  member.  With  one 
exception,  all  of  them  are  doing  good  work  for  the  advancement  of  their 
people  along  religious  as  well  as  social  and  political  lines.  Some  of  them 
have  gained  great  influence  among  the  non-Christians.  One  of  them  is 
probably  the  most  influential  Christian  in  the  whole  of  this  region.  He  is,  or 
has  in  the  past  been,  an  elder  in  the  church,  a member  of  the  Amoy  Police 
Hoard,  a member  of  the  Chinese  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  is  also  a 


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A PATIENT  WITH  TWO  BROTHERS  AND  SEVEN  SONS. 

member  of  many  charitable  organizations,  both  in  and  out  of  the  Church. 
In  spite  of  his  prominence  he  is  often  seen  walking  miles  on  Sunday  in 
order  to  preach  Christ  to  those  gathered  for  worship  in  some  one  of  our 
out-stations. 

Another  graduate  has  now  been  in  the  Hospital  as  student  and  assistant 
for  more  than  fifteen  years.  A more  faithful,  conscientious  Christian  and 
kind  friend  it  would  he  difficult  to  find.  Though  he  was  once  offered  a 
position  where  he  would  have  had  an  income  of  at  least  one  thousand  dollars 
a year,  he  was  willing  to  remain  in  the  Hospital,  earning  at  that  time 
some  fifteen  dollars  a month,  and  all  because  he  dared  not  leave  the  more 
direct  work  for  Christ. 


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Still  another  phase  of  our  work  is  in  Visiting  Patients  in  their  homes. 
Many  of  these  are  very  wealthy,  and  gladly  pay  the  doctor  for  his  work, 
knowing  that  all  he  earns  goes  toward  the  support  of  the  Hospital.  Some- 
times we  go  through  weird  experiences  on  these  visits.  Some  years  ago 
one  of  our  doctors  visited  in  one  day  a number  of  plague  patients.  The  day 
was  hot  and  sultry.  The  lightly  covered  sewers  forming  the  bottom  of  the 
dirty  streets  emitted  indescribable  odors.  An  occasional  corpse,  covered  onH 


DR.  OTTE  WITH  STUDENTS,  GRADUATES  AND  THEIR  FAMILIES. 

with  a straw  mat,  lay  unburied  in  the  street.  Everywhere  red  papers  were 
pasted  over  the  doors  having  inscribed  on  them  “Kiu  Peng-an”  (“We  pray 
for  relief”).  The  air  was  full  of  smoke  from  burning  sacrificial  paper  and 
from  millions  of  firecrackers,  which  had  been  set  off  to  drive  away  the 
demons.  In  the  home  of  one  of  the  sick  lay  a dying  mother  and  her  new- 
horn  babe.  In  that  dark,  damp,  reeking  room,  too  small  to  comfortably  hold 
five  peo2)le,  some  twelve  or  more  neighbors  came  to  see  the  foreign  physi- 


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cian  at  work.  The  noisome  atmosphere,  the  wailing  women,  and  the  stare  of 
despair  on  the  face  of  the  dying  woman  made  that  scene  unforgettable.  Even 
the  love  of  Christ  seemed  unable  to  bring  relief  to  that  home  at  that  time. 

It  would  be  difficult  to  find  a happier  sphere  of  work  than  that  of  the 
Medical  Missionary  in  China.  There  are  many,  very  many,  times  of  deep 
anxiety,  but  in  all  these  God  helps.  Much  is  needed  for  the  work  that 
cannot  yet  be  obtained.  In  God’s  own  time  these  wants  will  be  fulfilled.  For 
what  has  been  received  we  praise  God,  and  thank  the  many  friends  of  the 
work  the  world  over. 


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